Climate change is a global phenomenon, from which no country is spared. Its global consequences are immense:
 

	The number of natural disasters has tripled since 1960.
	The average global temperature has risen by 0.70 C since
	industrialization began
	9 out of 10 glaciers have melted to half their size over the last
	few centuries

The primary cause is carbon dioxide (CO2) air pollution resulting from the burning of fossil fuels (oil, gas, coal). Globally these raw materials provide 79% of the total energy demand. CO2 emissions will continue to increase given the unrelenting thirst for energy, which now also includes developing and emerging nations. At the same time fossil fuel reserves will run out in the foreseeable future: crude oil (approx. 43 years), natural gas (approx. 67 years), uranium (approx.42 years).